Haywards Heath model car club celebrates in style

Location St Wilfrid’s Church of England Primary School, Eastern Road, Haywards Heath on Sunday 18th October. And with some 83 cars booked-in to race across the multiple formulae, there was a promise of plenty of exciting on-track action to mark the occasion.

As usual, the racing took place on the Club’s oval-shaped, carpet surfaced track which featured electronic race timing and lap counting. The action was fast and fun with a competitive edge in which drivers took part in a series of qualifying Heats before the meeting culminated with the Finals for each of the eight formulae.

Back in 1996 the Club was the brainchild of three people each of whom had an interest in radio controlled cars including HOTRacers current Chairman Daren Wood from Haywards Heath. In those early days, the town’s Nautical Training Corps building was identified as being a suitable venue for the Club to meet and a pre-owned carpet, which had previously seen service in a Jumbo Jet aircraft(!), was soon obtained to provide the surface on which the cars could race.    

Several past members of HOTRacers dropped in to the Anniversary meeting to watch the racing and to have a chat with some of the current drivers. The celebrations concluded with the award of commemorative plaques to the drivers of the first three cars across the line in each of the main Finals. 

HOTRacers meets most alternate weekends throughout the year and is pleased to welcome along to its meetings anyone who has an interest in radio controlled model car racing, perhaps with a view to them taking part themselves at some future date. Existing drivers are happy to offer help, tips and advice to newcomers in order to assist them with car set-up, handling, driving etc. The cars raced are available in basic kit form and as separate components, so no scratch building is required.

Further details can be found on the Club’s website at:  hotracers.co.uk